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Jim has a very good suggestion here:   One agent with a conmmercial licen=se
who then redistributes to others.    Foreign seeds may come in to the U.S.
from time to time still, (I buy on eBay) but only if they are not labelle=d
as such and as a consequence get by as just small packages that can be
overlooked. Adam


----- Original Message -----
From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields at INDY.NET>
To: <ARISAEMA-L at NIC.SURFNET.NL>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: seeds


> The situation has been as I described yesterday for approximately two
> years now.  Enforcement started out very lax, but it has apparently bee=n
> tightened up steadily the last year or so.
>
> You all now know what the situation is.  How to deal with it is up to t=he
> Powers that Be in AEG.  There are several options, but ALL involve phyt=o
> certificates for all seeds being shipped into the USA.  When this arose=,
> the Cyclamen Society (UK) simply stopped sending any seeds to US member=s,
> I believe.  AGS may have done likewise.  I've since dropped out of both
> groups, so I don't know how they are handling it now.
>
> You want my suggestion?  No?  Here it is anyway:  Ship all seeds for US=A
> members in bulk with ONE phyto certificate to an agent in the USA.  Sai=d
> agent should get a USDA plant import permit before starting out. Said
> agent would, upon receiving the legally imported seeds, fill the specif=ic
> requests and forward to the individual recipients in the U.S.  I am not
> volunteering for that duty -- I have a plant business to run.
>
> There have been extended discussions of this situation in numerous plan=t
> lists, especially over a year ago in our sister-list on Surfnet, Alpine=-L;
> but also, I believe, in the International Bulb Society list, in the
> Pacific Bulb Society list, and probably in others I've forgotten.  I'm =a
> bit surprised that not everyone in this group has noticed this little
> problem before.
>
> I still have not received any notice of confiscation and destruction of
> seeds.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
>
> Regards,
> Jim Shields
>
> At 03:30 PM 4/6/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>>Mine was also opened up and taken. Letter came today with letter from
>>inspection agency. I also thought seeds were fine to ship?? What gives
>>here?
>
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> Jim Shields             USDA Zone 5             Shields Gardens, Ltd.
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